Input please....Under $500 rifle choices - Page 4

CLASS3NH · February 6th, 2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by XD in SC

Now that I have some responses , that I expected(as it ashould be) would be nothing definitive, how about this twist???

I have no range to shoot anything larger than a .22.

Wait and get the AR15........then get the 22LR conversion kit made by Ceiner... more bang for the buck

BSMART · February 6th, 2007, 08:21 PM

10/22 is one of the funnest guns ever made. Get a banana clip and go to town. They can be found cheap and the ammo is not expensive.

P95Carry · February 6th, 2007, 08:30 PM

I know the 10/22 camp is well represented but forget not either when thinking .22lr ... the Marlin 60.

Still not gonna be too much over $100 and 15 round tube mag - lot of plinking fun!!

cphilip · February 6th, 2007, 08:31 PM

Yea... common XD... you know we need a bigger budget!!!!!

bones · February 6th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Sturm Ruger Mini 14

newmexiglock · February 6th, 2007, 11:52 PM

Really inexpensive... Scoped Romanian M1969 .22lr trainer. It is a bolt action 5 round magazine fed iron (flip up 25/50/100 m) sighted plinker . It is accurate as can be and incredibly inexpexpensive... I paid $63 and a local shop sells them for $99- $109. You can then purchase the $20 bolt on rings and an inexpensive/rugged scope and then have a really inexpensive plinking machine that costs much less than a new Ruger 10/22 and IS also fun to shoot. They are pretty easy to find at guns shows and the online gun auctions.

Do a little reading... good things are said about them.

randytulsa2 · February 7th, 2007, 12:01 AM

Within your price constraints, if you operate carefully, you might just be able to get two:

1) Ruger 10/22. Lots of fun. Cheap. Lots of customizing options.

and one of these two others:

A) SKS

B) Savage 110 in .30-06.

All the fun in rifles you'll ever need. Buy'em used, & shoot the snot out of'em.

jercamp45 · February 8th, 2007, 05:08 PM

I am not much of an AR guy.......but, with a lower one can buy uppers in different calibers and configuations.
Normally I'd say 'get the 10/22'.
But......maybe....get a complete AR lower receiver...that's the FFL required rifle part. Then start shopping. You can find old AR15 upper's pretty cheap(upper and lower in the ball park of 500 dollars as long as you are not getting a state of the art upper)....get a .22 conversion unit when you can(about 125 bucks for the Ciener, last I saw). Later when more money flows into(and out of) your life.......get the uppers that interest you.
With this alternative.....you get an inexpensive 5.56 that shoots .22 pretty quickly. Then have the option of turning it into a M-4 for CQB, a match grade 5.56, uppers in 6.8, 9m/m, 40, .45, the new .45 Bushmaster, .458 SOCOM, and quite a few others....including a seperate upper for .22 LR that is very accurate.
Kind of a builder upper that meets alot of needs..from CQB, match/varmit/sniper, medium game(6.8) and big nasty stuff(.458 Socom).
The lower receiver is probably my next project, but I am hesitant to start cuz it will eat up my gun money for a decade or so.
A possibility to ponder.

DizTbone · February 8th, 2007, 11:27 PM

If you are considering bolt-actions...

I have found the rifles currently produced by CZ and Savage to be outstanding. A friend has the CZ in .22LR...it is extremely accurate. He also has a .17HMR and .22-250 by Savage with the Accu-Trigger... WOW! I love that trigger...and accurate shooters, too!

OTOH, I have a Stevens in .243WIN. It's made by Savage and is the Savage 10/110 series rifle w/o the Accu-Trigger and in a gray molded stock that is pillar bedded. My best group is 3/4" at 100 yds. My average is less than 1" with Federal hunting ammo. Mine was $200 lightly used. They sell new where I am for $260. Yup...$260...and they come in a range of calibers. The store here sells a bunch of them. When I went in and reported the results of my range trip no one was surprised. One of the regular "heat loads" at the shop said his Stevens in .308Win performed just as well. Obviously, I recommend the new Stevens rifles as a "best buy."

Yes, I want an AK and an AR, too, since they are for, well, different purposes.

Michael

XD in SC · February 9th, 2007, 12:31 AM

hey gang, I haven't been on for a bit........ thanks for the responses....just an update

I found a like new 10/22 from a guy locally w/ Butler Creek heavy barrel and syn stock and simmons scope for $200.00

I have taken it out and sighted it for about 35 yards. Tried like heck to shoot up a 550 round box o' 22, but just couldn't do it. I am not one to waste ammo, so each shot had to hit what I was aiming at ..... i had so much fun!!!

as a side note, I may not be on much for a while longer as I have a divorce to be ready for...... no, none of the guns will be leaving my care. I'll be back to forum surfing after a while...... tough to do on my laptop. BUt once things get settled down......and AR will be built

February 6th, 2007, 08:30 PM	#33
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,407	I know the 10/22 camp is well represented but forget not either when thinking .22lr ... the Marlin 60. Still not gonna be too much over $100 and 15 round tube mag - lot of plinking fun!! __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

February 6th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#34
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,447	Yea... common XD... you know we need a bigger budget!!!!! __________________ www.cphilip.com

February 6th, 2007, 08:32 PM	#35
bones Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 369	Sturm Ruger Mini 14 __________________ "There is no such thing as too much ammo. Unless you're swimming!"

February 6th, 2007, 11:52 PM	#36
newmexiglock Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 92	Really inexpensive... Scoped Romanian M1969 .22lr trainer. It is a bolt action 5 round magazine fed iron (flip up 25/50/100 m) sighted plinker . It is accurate as can be and incredibly inexpexpensive... I paid $63 and a local shop sells them for $99- $109. You can then purchase the $20 bolt on rings and an inexpensive/rugged scope and then have a really inexpensive plinking machine that costs much less than a new Ruger 10/22 and IS also fun to shoot. They are pretty easy to find at guns shows and the online gun auctions. Do a little reading... good things are said about them. __________________ America should have license to carry "children" laws... Mooo

February 7th, 2007, 12:01 AM	#37
randytulsa2 Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,468	Within your price constraints, if you operate carefully, you might just be able to get two: 1) Ruger 10/22. Lots of fun. Cheap. Lots of customizing options. and one of these two others: A) SKS B) Savage 110 in .30-06. All the fun in rifles you'll ever need. Buy'em used, & shoot the snot out of'em. __________________ "...bad decisions that turn out well often make heroes." Gary D. Mitchell, A Sniper's Journey: The Truth About the Man and the Rifle, P. 103, NAL Caliber books, 2006, 1st Ed.

February 6th, 2007, 08:21 PM	#32
BSMART Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UTAH Posts: 72	10/22 is one of the funnest guns ever made. Get a banana clip and go to town. They can be found cheap and the ammo is not expensive.

February 8th, 2007, 05:08 PM	#38
jercamp45 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 54	Alternate possibility..... I am not much of an AR guy.......but, with a lower one can buy uppers in different calibers and configuations. Normally I'd say 'get the 10/22'. But......maybe....get a complete AR lower receiver...that's the FFL required rifle part. Then start shopping. You can find old AR15 upper's pretty cheap(upper and lower in the ball park of 500 dollars as long as you are not getting a state of the art upper)....get a .22 conversion unit when you can(about 125 bucks for the Ciener, last I saw). Later when more money flows into(and out of) your life.......get the uppers that interest you. With this alternative.....you get an inexpensive 5.56 that shoots .22 pretty quickly. Then have the option of turning it into a M-4 for CQB, a match grade 5.56, uppers in 6.8, 9m/m, 40, .45, the new .45 Bushmaster, .458 SOCOM, and quite a few others....including a seperate upper for .22 LR that is very accurate. Kind of a builder upper that meets alot of needs..from CQB, match/varmit/sniper, medium game(6.8) and big nasty stuff(.458 Socom). The lower receiver is probably my next project, but I am hesitant to start cuz it will eat up my gun money for a decade or so. A possibility to ponder.

February 8th, 2007, 11:27 PM	#39
DizTbone Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Central Arkansas Posts: 247	If you are considering bolt-actions... I have found the rifles currently produced by CZ and Savage to be outstanding. A friend has the CZ in .22LR...it is extremely accurate. He also has a .17HMR and .22-250 by Savage with the Accu-Trigger... WOW! I love that trigger...and accurate shooters, too! OTOH, I have a Stevens in .243WIN. It's made by Savage and is the Savage 10/110 series rifle w/o the Accu-Trigger and in a gray molded stock that is pillar bedded. My best group is 3/4" at 100 yds. My average is less than 1" with Federal hunting ammo. Mine was $200 lightly used. They sell new where I am for $260. Yup...$260...and they come in a range of calibers. The store here sells a bunch of them. When I went in and reported the results of my range trip no one was surprised. One of the regular "heat loads" at the shop said his Stevens in .308Win performed just as well. Obviously, I recommend the new Stevens rifles as a "best buy." Yes, I want an AK and an AR, too, since they are for, well, different purposes. Michael __________________ XD9 Service, CZ-75B, Glock 21, Kel-Tec P3AT Rifles...yes...and shotguns....and "Unofficial Legislative Attache...er...Watchdog...er...Agitator." "Yes, I vote...but not for the candidate I prefer: None of the Above."

February 9th, 2007, 12:31 AM	#40
XD in SC Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SC Posts: 554	hey gang, I haven't been on for a bit........ thanks for the responses....just an update I found a like new 10/22 from a guy locally w/ Butler Creek heavy barrel and syn stock and simmons scope for $200.00 I have taken it out and sighted it for about 35 yards. Tried like heck to shoot up a 550 round box o' 22, but just couldn't do it. I am not one to waste ammo, so each shot had to hit what I was aiming at ..... i had so much fun!!! as a side note, I may not be on much for a while longer as I have a divorce to be ready for...... no, none of the guns will be leaving my care. I'll be back to forum surfing after a while...... tough to do on my laptop. BUt once things get settled down......and AR will be built __________________ Sean XD 9SC \| XD 45ACP Service \| XD 45ACP Compact \|Borealis "You may know where you are. God may know where you are. If you don't tell your dispatcher where you are, you'd better be on speaking terms with God!"

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